Senate roll call 278 · 41st Congress · May 12, 1870
To amend H. R. 987, the reduction of the army bill, by striking the section providing for reducing the army to 30,000 men. (p. 3388-2, 3)
On May 12, 1870, the Senate voted 21–31 (HR 987). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–23, Democrats 0–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 21 members voted against their own party.
During the 41st Congress (1869–1870), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- May 12, 1870
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 23 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 8 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Willard Warner R-AL voted yes
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted yes
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO voted yes
- Adelbert Ames R-MS voted yes
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted yes
- James Warren Nye R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- William Sprague R-RI voted yes
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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